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the "zero news diet" should really be done more often. For myself, it would be "zero Twitter diet".
by ph1p 4y ago
the "zero news diet" should really be done more often. For myself, it would be "zero Twitter diet".
- cocoflunchy 4y agoI managed to completely stop using Twitter by removing all my follows. Then when I'd mindlessly open twitter I'd be presented with a blank screen. After a few days I just stopped opening it.
- throwaway4aday 4y agoThis is a very smart strategy. You effectively trained yourself that there was no reward to be had from the behaviour and so broke the habit. Someone should make a browser extension that does this for other sites, essentially allows the masthead and other boring trim to load but removes all of the content.
- ben_w 4y agoThe browser extension kinda already exists — I've accidentally done that to a few sites with Adblock Plus.
- Kiro 4y agoZero HN diet would be the most effective.
- jansan 4y agoI put Twitter on my router's domain blacklist. The only way for me to read Twitter is through nitter.net, which is not much fun and readonly, so there is no risk to get addicted.